The label smart is very unhelpful. I am practiced in abstract problem solving, and I spend a good deal of time at it, so I am good at it. I am practiced at deba

The label smart is very unhelpful. I am practiced in abstract problem solving, and I spend a good deal of time at it, so I am good at it. I am practiced at debate and dispute, and spend a good deal of time at it, so I am pretty good at it too. I spend less time socializing with people, so I am not quite as good at it. The brain is elastic; we are smart at what we practice, and it is good to sit down and practice your weaknesses as well as your strengths. Someone with really high level interpersonal skills is just as much a genius, they just practiced social gatherings and influence and such instead of, dunno, debugging linux configurations or learning set theory or whatever.